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following the interview opera tweeted, just wrapped with lance armstrong. he came ready. last year he was stripped of his seven tour titles and banned for life following a report from the u.s. anti-doping agency, a report that labeled armstrong as the mastermind of a, quote, systematic, sustained and highly professionalized team-run doping conspiracy. nbc news has learned that in a conversation the 41-year-old armstrong said, quote, it was just the way the game was played at the time, so it was a level playing field. before he interviewed with oprah, armstrong visited the headquarters of the cancer foundation he founded. there he told the livestrong staff, quote, i'm sorry, and apologized for letting them down. but did not give them a full admission. >> people at livestrong have been pressuring him for a little while now to minimize this damage. >> reporter: damage years of lying and cheating has done to an organization and to the legacy of a sports icon. kurt gregory, nbc news. >>> so what about the potential legal and financial fallout ahead for the athlete worth an est
following the interview opera tweeted, just wrapped with lance armstrong. he came ready. last year he was stripped of his seven tour titles and banned for life following a report from the u.s. anti-doping agency, a report that labeled armstrong as the mastermind of a, quote, systematic, sustained and highly professionalized team-run doping conspiracy. nbc news has learned that in a conversation the 41-year-old armstrong said, quote, it was just the way the game was played at the time, so it was...
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once a hero, lance armstrong is now by his own admission a liar. the cancer survivor built his mythic image on seven consecutive victories in the tour de france and vehement denials that his success was helped by performance-enhancing drugs. >> have you ever, ever, in the history of this race, used performance-enhancing drugs? >> absolutely not. never. not once. >> how many times do i have to say it? >> we have nothing to hide. >> i have never doped. >> nobody believes in doping controls more than me. >> reporter: when he sat down with oprah winfrey yesterday, armstrong admitted he doped. a source with knowledge of the interview described it as awkward and tense. winfrey called it difficult. >> emotional doesn't begin to describe the intensity or the difficulty that, i think, he experienced in talking about some of these things. >> reporter: betsy, once part of armstrong's inner circle with her husband, a former teammate, is one of armstrong's most vocal critics. >> there were a lot of people he hurt and a lot of people he tried to destroy. >> repo
once a hero, lance armstrong is now by his own admission a liar. the cancer survivor built his mythic image on seven consecutive victories in the tour de france and vehement denials that his success was helped by performance-enhancing drugs. >> have you ever, ever, in the history of this race, used performance-enhancing drugs? >> absolutely not. never. not once. >> how many times do i have to say it? >> we have nothing to hide. >> i have never doped. >>...
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. >> lance armstrong gets emotional when discussing his kids coming to his defense. the story next. >>> this morning, waking up to lots of sunshine, beautiful sunrise over the city by the way. fantastic weekend, get out and enjoy and we have a spare the air alert as well. we'll detail your forecast coming up after this. >>> good morning, just a quarter after 7:00 this morning, looking live at the waves at ocean beach. if you head out to the beach today folks the weather will be perfect but the waves are dangerous so don't turn your back. >>> we saw a different side of lance armstrong during his interview last night with oprah winfrey. the disgraced cyclist became emotional as he talks about the role his children had in his coming clean about using performance-enhancing drugs. nbc's kurt gregory has more from the revealing interview. >> are you facing your demons? >> absolutely. >> reporter: on the second night of a revealing interview with oprah winfrey -- >> what do you say to those millions of people who believed? >> i say i understand your anger. >> reporter: lanc
. >> lance armstrong gets emotional when discussing his kids coming to his defense. the story next. >>> this morning, waking up to lots of sunshine, beautiful sunrise over the city by the way. fantastic weekend, get out and enjoy and we have a spare the air alert as well. we'll detail your forecast coming up after this. >>> good morning, just a quarter after 7:00 this morning, looking live at the waves at ocean beach. if you head out to the beach today folks the weather...
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but i will tell you this about lance armstrong. and it's the lie built and built and built and built. people were unable to look at what a bully this guy is. and now that he's caught, he's like one of those wall street guys and we're supposed to feel bad for him. this isn't about performance-enhancing drugs and how many other guys in the race were doing it. this was about a gigantic lie that went on for 15 years. >> real quickly, this concept that he can come forward and say everyone was doing it, so it was a level playing field, does he get away with that? >> no! because the worldwide lie on lance armstrong was i'm clean and everybody else is dirty. so how does -- in all ways, how does he put that back in the bottle now? >> and is the sport still dirty? in other words this is about a system that turned a blind eye to this for its own benefit for years and years. is that system still in place? >> the cyclists are always trying to stay ahead of the testers, okay? but the idea that he's now the whistleblower, he reminds me of one of
but i will tell you this about lance armstrong. and it's the lie built and built and built and built. people were unable to look at what a bully this guy is. and now that he's caught, he's like one of those wall street guys and we're supposed to feel bad for him. this isn't about performance-enhancing drugs and how many other guys in the race were doing it. this was about a gigantic lie that went on for 15 years. >> real quickly, this concept that he can come forward and say everyone was...
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. >>> lance armstrong is taping an interview about doping allegations he's for you facing. armstrong telling the associated press that he's ready to speak candidly when a reporter caught up with him during a sunday morning run. the interview will air on oprah's network on thursday. >>> shares in apple under tremendous pressure this morning. >> scott mcgrew is here to tell us about that. >> apple is down really the biggest stock that's down this morning. better than 3% or about $18 almost $19 a share. this after "the wall street journal" reported apple was going to cut orders for some of the parts that go into iphones. iphones not selling very well. dow and nasdaq down this morning. >>> the white house over the weekend said it will not move forward with the construction of a death star despite a petition signed by thousands of americans asking for one. the white house budget office listed the number of reasons. the first being that america does not support blowing up planets. also it points out we already have a space station. the white house is actually legally required to
. >>> lance armstrong is taping an interview about doping allegations he's for you facing. armstrong telling the associated press that he's ready to speak candidly when a reporter caught up with him during a sunday morning run. the interview will air on oprah's network on thursday. >>> shares in apple under tremendous pressure this morning. >> scott mcgrew is here to tell us about that. >> apple is down really the biggest stock that's down this morning. better than...
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. >> there is also new fallout this morning from lance armstrong's confession that he used performance-enhancing drugs. coming up, what the world anti-doping agency says it will demand before it even considers letting armstrong return to competitive sports. a lot of people say that was the motivation for his confession. >>> we're going to talk a little about a fun fact during this severe flu season. did you know the virus can last about eight hours on a surface. this morning we'll tell you what you should avoid touching and we'll conduct a little experiment here in studio 1a to see how many people touch the doorknob coming in our studio in a single morning. >>> and ryan seacrest is here, and he better watch his personal items because he's going to help us out on a segment about the best pick pockets in the world. >> have you ever been pick pocketed? >> no. >> it's awful. >> dylan, good morning to you. >> good morning to you. yes, this is a big storm in that it extends from northern new england all the way down into the gulf of mexico and in areas like worcester, we are seeing the snow continuing
. >> there is also new fallout this morning from lance armstrong's confession that he used performance-enhancing drugs. coming up, what the world anti-doping agency says it will demand before it even considers letting armstrong return to competitive sports. a lot of people say that was the motivation for his confession. >>> we're going to talk a little about a fun fact during this severe flu season. did you know the virus can last about eight hours on a surface. this morning...
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lance armstrong, the disgraced cycling legend promises to speak candidly today during an interview with oprah winfrey. armstrong has been stripped of his record seven tour de france titles because of doping allegations, many expecting him to make at least a partial confession today. that interview airs thursday. >>> wilde tweeted thanks for all the sweet congratulatory love. >>> meanwhile, calling off their engagement, quote, i love and cherish her and her boys and we will be close forever. >>> and this dancing toddler has gone viral after stealing the show from his dad, singer coffey anderson was doing a show in texas when 17-month-old ethan decided to show off. ♪ >> go, baby! go, baby! ♪ >> bounce with it. ethan comes by his skills naturally, by the way. his mother, a dancer who has appeared in videos for britney spears, rihanna and kanye west. we know where he gets it. back to matt, savannah and natalie in beverly hills. >> so cute. so, so cute. >> all right, willie, thanks so much. >>> al is over at the front desk at the four seasons. checking out, al? >> no, not yet. not yet. b
lance armstrong, the disgraced cycling legend promises to speak candidly today during an interview with oprah winfrey. armstrong has been stripped of his record seven tour de france titles because of doping allegations, many expecting him to make at least a partial confession today. that interview airs thursday. >>> wilde tweeted thanks for all the sweet congratulatory love. >>> meanwhile, calling off their engagement, quote, i love and cherish her and her boys and we will be...